The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Original title: 人間の條件　第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇

“The Immortal Story.”

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.